Means for securing wires to fence-posts.



N0. 830,997. 7 PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906. W. P. HENDERSHOT. MEANS FOR SECURING WIRES T0 FENCE POSTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. 1906.

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MEANS FOR SECURING WIRES TO FENCE-POSTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

Application filed May 29, 1906. Serial No- 319,333.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WELLINGTON FRANK HENDERsHoT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grind Stone City, in the county of Huron and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Securing WVires to Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fence-posts and means for fasteningwires thereto, and comprises, essentially, a post made, preferably, of a plastic material and in which are embedded nuts the apertures of which open into a longitudinal groove and in the provision of a bar which is adapted to hold the line-wires in said groove and secured in place by means of bolts.

The invention consists in various other details of construction and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a post made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View through the post.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a post, made, preferably, of composition of 'anysuitable kind and provided with a channel or groove B, formed in one face thereof, which groove is preferably angular in cross-section. C O designate nuts, which are embedded within the post with their outer faces exposed at the bottom of said channel or groove, whereby access may be had to the threaded apertures therein. D designates a line-wire, which is held in said groove or channel by means of the bar E, which when adjusted in place has its outer face flush with the grooved face of the post. F designates bolts which pass through apertures in said bar and engage with their threaded ends the threaded apertures in said nuts, whereby the bar may be securely held in a clamping relation against the line-wires, holding the same within said groove.

From the foregoing it will be noted that by the provision of the post and means for securing the wires as shown a simple and efficient fastening is afl'orded for the wires, and the grooved face of the post and the outer face of the retaining-bar will be flush, and the angled portions of the line-wire, which are held within the groove or channel, will be pro tected from the elements.

What I claim is In combination with a post having a longitudinal angled channel in one face thereof, nuts seated in recesses in the post, with portions of their outer faces exposed at the bot tom of said channel, a strip adapted to hold a.

line -wire within said channel and resting upon the end wall of the channel, a bolt carried by each of said nuts and passing through the bottom of said channel, and nuts mounted upon said bolts and adapted to hold said strip in a clamping relation against said linewire, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WELLINGTON FRANK HENDEltSI-IO'I.

Witnesses F. A. SHAVER, Mrs. F. A. SHAVER. 

